In his inaugural address this morning Barak Hussein Obama quoted these words of George Washington: "Let it be told to the future world...that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive...that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it."

President Obama's call to renew the spirit of America is a call to an ethic of duty, virtue, and compassion. Rather than blame, we should build. Rather than giving up, we should give to others. Rathe